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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Higher Education Plan: Eliminate Tuition and Cancel Student Debt — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has structured her presidential campaign around a steady unveiling of disruptive policy ideas, on Monday proposed her biggest one yet: a $1.25 trillion plan …
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
I'm calling for something truly transformational: Universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt — Growing up, my dream was to become a teacher. And I knew that if I wanted to teach, I had to get a college degree. — I managed to get a college scholarship, but then things turned upside down.
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it) — Many in the Democratic presidential field have already signed onto plans for free public college. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., unveiled a new plan on Monday that would offer free public college for future students …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Wiping Out Student-Loan Debt, Making College Free — Her policy would allow for the cancellation of as much as $50,000 in student-loan debt for those with household incomes under $100,000. — Gideon Resnick — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) …
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Washington Post:
Trump and his business sue House Oversight chairman to block congressional subpoena of financial records — President Trump is seeking a court order to prevent his accounting firm from complying with what his lawyers say is an illegitimate use of congressional subpoena power by congressional Democrats.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump sues in bid to block congressional subpoena of financial records — President Trump and his business on Monday sued House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) in a bid to block a congressional subpoena of his financial records. — The lawsuit seeks a court order …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What House Democrats should do now — It may not have been his intention, but special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has forced a momentous choice on the Democrats who control the House of Representatives. How they navigate the next several months will matter not only to politics but …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Impeach Donald Trump? — Obstruction of justice is a crime. The decision is clear. — The Mueller report has been released, with redactions of course, and it is a damning document. Not only does it detail Russian efforts to attack our election to help the Trump campaign …
Washington Post:
Trump is accused of gross abuse of his office. We're not talking about the Mueller report. — PRESIDENT TRUMP is accused of a gross abuse of his office, and his administration has not provided Congress the information it needs to reach the truth of the matter.
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
How Seth Moulton Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary — Monday morning, Seth Moulton, the 40-year-old congressman from Massachusetts, officially announced he is running for president on “Good Morning America.” While Moulton might not yet be a household name, he fits neatly into a certain mold …
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Seth Moulton, Massachusetts Congressman, Is Running for President
Seth Moulton, Massachusetts Congressman, Is Running for President
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field
Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field
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Seth Masket / FiveThirtyEight:
We Asked Democratic Activists Who They're Backing — And Who They'd Hate To See Win — We're still months away from the first nominating contest in Iowa, but I'm still regularly checking in with early-state Democratic Party activists to see what the party's most engaged members think about the pre-primary race so far.
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New York Times:
To Defend Against a Mercurial Boss, Trump Aides Wield the Pen as Shield — WASHINGTON — President Trump glanced around the room and noticed Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, then his national security adviser, with his head bent over a notebook, scribbling something down.
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Judson Berger / Fox News:
Trump administration announces new Iran crackdown targeting oil revenue — The Trump administration on Monday targeted Iran's energy sector by announcing the U.S. would no longer exempt any countries from sanctions for importing Iranian oil. — “This decision is intended to bring Iran's oil exports …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
AP sources: US to sanction nations for importing Iranian oil
AP sources: US to sanction nations for importing Iranian oil
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to decide if anti-discrimination employment laws protect on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity — The Supreme Court on Monday added what could be landmark issues to its docket for next term: whether federal anti-discrimination laws protect on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump wins over big donors who snubbed him in 2016 — Deep-pocketed Republicans who snubbed Donald Trump in 2016 are going all in for him in 2020, throwing their weight behind a newly created fundraising drive that's expected to dump tens of millions into his reelection coffers.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Nadler Claims Don Jr. Was Offered Stolen Information In Trump Tower Meeting. That Didn't Happen — New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, falsely claimed in an interview on Sunday that Donald Trump Jr. was offered stolen information in the infamous meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016.
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
Nadler: I don't understand why Mueller didn't charge Donald Trump Jr., others in Trump Tower meeting
Nadler: I don't understand why Mueller didn't charge Donald Trump Jr., others in Trump Tower meeting
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Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Russian State TV is Reportedly Airing Sean Hannity Clips Bashing Mueller Report — Russian state television has reportedly turned to Fox News personality Sean Hannity to help spread the message that the Trump campaign was not complicit in election meddling.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Chris Wallace Destroys Trump's ‘No Obstruction’ Claim to Rudy Giuliani's Face: 'That's Not True!'
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Russian State Media Binges on Fox Prime Time and Sean Hannity Reruns
Russian State Media Binges on Fox Prime Time and Sean Hannity Reruns
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New York Times:
Sri Lanka Attacks Live Updates: Terrorist Group Is Identified, and Death Toll Rises — • The government on Monday blamed a little-known radical Islamist group for the devastating Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed nearly 300 people. Officials said the group …
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Washington Post:
New research shows just how badly a citizenship question would hurt the 2020 Census — It could lead to a huge undercount, particularly of Latinos and immigrants — The Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census reaches the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Reagan's Supply-Side Warriors Blaze a Comeback Under Trump — On a Tuesday evening earlier this month, several dozen Washingtonians gathered in a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel, ostensibly to enjoy an open bar and watch a new PBS documentary about money.
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion. — WELLINGTON, Kan. — The seed of rebellion was planted in classrooms. It grew in kitchens and living rooms, in conversations between students and their parents. — It culminated when Collin Winter, 14 …
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